Cooking apparatus



May 15, 1923. 1,455,312

N. v. TURNER COOKING APPARATUS Original Filed May 17, 1920 IN V EN TOR.

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Patented May 15, 1923.

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COOKING APPARATUS.

Application filed May 17, 1920, Serial No. 381,845. Renewed July 3, 1922. Serial No. 572,678.

To all whom iii may concern:

Be it known that I, NETTIE V. TURNER,

Stateof Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in camping accessories and "more particularly to a device which may be used for supporting cooking utensils and the like above a fire at any height thereto which may be desired.

l5 An important object of the inventlon 1s to provide a vertically disposed supportlng rod'having slidably mounted thereon one or more pot or pan supporting members each of which is so formed and associated'wlth the rod that the pot or pan supporting portion of said member is disposed in a hori zontal plane when the pan supporting member is retained in its proper adjusted position, the pan holding members being of sucha construction that they may be adjusted vertically upon the rod without necessitating the camper to grip said mem her with his bare hand, thereby obviating the possibility of the camper burning his hands when adjusting said member.

Another important object of the inven tion resides in the provision of a camp fire stake, and a plurality of cooking utensil supports which are adapted to be supported by the stake above the fire, the said utensil supports having their utensil supporting portions or ends arranged different distances from the stake when the utensil supports are associated therewith so that a large number of the supports can be arranged directly above one another and without interfering with the same, the utensils supported thereon or the amount of heat directed upon the utensils by the fire.

Another object of the invention is to provide'a device of the above nature which is strong, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and highly eflicient in practice.

Other objects and advantagesof the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application and wherein like numerals are employed to designate like i parts throughout the several views,

ily be adjusted vertically thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan of one of the supmetal stake or rod of any suitable proportions adapted to be driven into the ground and constituting the supporting means for the utensil holder. Any desired number of these utensil holders may be used, and in the drawings I have illustrated three, two being of the same type for supporting pans and the like while the other may be engaged with pot or kettle handle to support the same above the fire.

All of the utensil holders operate on the same principle, each being provided with a loop 6 formed at one extremity of a single length of rod or wire. The diameter of this loop is slightly larger than that of the rod or shank 5 so that the loop may read- The holder illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 is also provided with a much larger loop 7 by bending the other extremity of the rod, and it will be noted from Figure 3 that the smaller loop 6 is disposed at an' angle to the larger loop 7 so that when a cooking utensil is supported upon the loop 7 this loop is disposed in a horizontal plane while the loop Gis arranged obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the rod whereby opposite edges of the smaller loop 6 bind against the rod to prevent downward movement of the holder.

Another form of utensil holder-is illustrated in Figure 4 and is provided with the two loops 6 and 7, but the larger loop 7 is arranged a distance from the smaller loop by the provision of a shank 8. This shank permits of the supporting portion of the holder being disposed directly over a fire. In Figure 1, still another form of the utensil holder is illustrated, and isvp'rovided with a loop 6 which is disposed at an angle to an outstanding shank 9 which terminates in. an upwardly directed hook portion 10.

It will be appreciated that all of the uten- 7 rod or Wire, the'lo ops 6 arranged at angle" sil holders are formed from a single piece of to the utensil engaging "portion of said memher, and that the utensil engaging portion of said holder is heavier that their 'stakeehgaging loops and consequently when the utensil holders are positioned upon the red, the utensil engagin g pprtions thereof will at once drop to a horizontal position to cause its e p st re 1091 6&0. b np et stake- By reason of the fact that the utensil sup p t n ror iq s 9 ends. of he v r u utensil supports being arranged diiferent dist'ances from, their respective stake engaging loops, it' will beappreciated that a large number ofthej utensil supports can be associated with asingle stakefl5 with the uten'sil supporting portions or ends arranged one *abovetheother'and' insuch a manner that the utensil supports and the utensils carried thereby will not interfere with the other supports or utensils mounted thereon or even deflect the heat from the fire from the recepvtacle's carried by supports arranged above the lowermost support. This will be appreciated by referring to Figl and assuming that a pot; or pan is supported upon the lowermost support andit is desired to support a kettle or'other utensil from the hook 10. The hook is simply swung around to be disposed a sulficient distance above the lowermost support andthe pot or kettle is then hung on the hook'by its bail and since theghooked, portion 10 is arranged over the outermost portion of the lower ring. like utensilsupport it will be seen that the pot or kettle hung from the hook will be arranged on a level with or below the utensil supporting portion of the lowermost support so as not to interfere therewith or the utensil carried thereby. The "invention is not limited in thisrespect to'the co-relat'ion of the hook and ring like support and it will be appreciated that a smaller ring like support than those illustrated can be provided and arranged very close to the stake so that a utensil carried by this relatively small support can be arrangedin a position to receive full benefit of the heat from the fire in spite of the fact thatit may be arranged directly above one of the larger ring like supports 7.

It is absolutely essential that each of the utensil holders embody all of the features as set forth above, in order that they may be adjusted vertically upon the stake without necessitating the camper to raise and lower said holder with his'hands. In practice, it

y will be appreciated that the stake and utensil" holders will become heated to a high degree and itis therefore impossible to take hold of the holders with the bare hand for sil holder and to illustrateth e usefulness of the same when adjustment thereof isfound necessary. It will be assumed that the holder is engaged with the upper portion of the stake and'above thefife. The utensil is positioned upon the supporting portion of the holder will cause the loop 6 to V assume a position [whereby i'sa' readily slide a substantial plis t'ance downithe stake. As set forth heretofore, theutensil trig-a ging or supporting portion of each. holder is made ar and. t r 56 t e t' i" t hi been moved upwardly the stake it will immediately assume its original ho'ri'a o'nt'al position which willofcourse ause thefloop 6 to bind upon the stake, consequently, it will be apparent that the utensil holdermay be moved downwardly of'the stake byinerely shoving upwardly ,thereo'n, with a stick" or other implement. This adjustihfentiisf also madepossible bythe fact that th''l'peps' of the t siholj er is l e i rl rerin. eter than the stake 5', and that the stake'is of a uniform dianieter'and smooth to permit ready sliding movement of the i l thereon. V

The foregoing descriptioiiand thea'ccoin panying drawing has reference to the ferred or approved form of my inyention'.

cost] It is to be understood however, that such.

changes may be made 1n the construct on and combinat on of parts, materials, dimes. sions, etc., as may. prove exped ent and fall within the scope of the appended v Having thus fully described my invention what I-claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A utensil supporting device to be mounted on astake. and comprising a single strand of material having one end bent to provide a utensil support, one end. of v the strand forming the utensil support be;

ing directed laterally of said portion and the sameplane therewith to provide a shank, and the other endof the shank being bent to providea loop which is disposed at an angle to the plane ofthe utensil support and shank and which is slightly larger in diameter thanthe stake. y z y r 2. A utensil supporting device adapted to be mounted on astake and comprising pair of IlIlgSDI loops formed from a s ngle pljecei, of material, one loop. 'b61I1-'g consrderably smaller'than thecther and arranged-amen angle to the plane thereof whereby the relatively large loop will be disposed in a horizontal plane when the smallerl oop is iposi tioned on the stake in an operative position.

3. A utensil supporting device adapted to the latter is arranged in a horizontal plane be mounted on a stake and comprising a When the smaller loop is arranged in an single strand of material bent into the shape operative position on the stake. of the numeral eight to provide a pair of In testimony whereof I afilx my signature 5 loops, one of said loops being smaller in in presence of two Witnesses.

diameter than the other, and the diameter of the smaller loop being slightly larger NETTIE TURNER than that of the stake, and said relatively Witnesses: small loop being disposed at an angle to the E. M. WEBSTER,

10 plane or" the relatively large loop whereby N. A. BERRY. 

